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CZECH REPUBLIC: S26 protests will 'draw attention to injustice'

PRAGUE — Fresh from disrupting the World Economic Forum's summit in Melbourne, the next stop for the anti-capitalism express is Prague, in the Czech Republic, where on September 26 the two major enforcers of corporate globalisation, the

EAST TIMOR: Guarding profits in the Timor Gap

Negotiations on the future of the Timor Gap Treaty between the Australian government, the United Nations Transitional Administration for East Timor (UNTAET) and East Timorese representatives are set to resume on October 9-11 in Dili. Both the federal

Loose cannons

Cheery "My role will be to lead the cheer squad for the Australian team." — Prime Menzies John Howard, asked his plans during the Olympics. Market failure "The level of the dollar does not reflect the fundamentals of the Australian economy."

Sexual harassment and the culture of sexism

BY ROSEMARIE GILLESPIE Shane Warne, former vice captain of the Australian cricket team, on hearing of a complaint that he had sexually harassed an English woman, said: "If it had stayed private, it wouldn't have been a mistake". The key word is

People with disabilities stop trams

MELBOURNE — On September 13, a peaceful demonstration by people with disabilities stopped the city's trams for two hours. Eighty people who use wheelchairs and their allies, supporters and advocates were there. The blockade was organised by the

The Revolution of the Reasonable

BY JOHN TOMLINSON Scenes of Victorian Police in full riot gear clubbing S11 demonstrators sitting down on the roadway blend with sound bites of a leading e-technology spokesperson claiming that S11 protesters were the real enemies of the poor in

IMF-WB: The armadillo and the chameleon: a cautionary tale

BY NICOLA BULLARD The International Monetary Fund's new managing director's intention to "drive change from within the institution rather than have it imposed from outside" does not inspire confidence, given the fund's dismal record of reform so

Life of Riley: Mates always

Mates always No matter where you go within the four walls of Australia, the games will be upon you. The nation is saturated. "I still call Australia home" has moved in for the duration, occupying musical fragments inside the head of every mother's

Behind the right's attempt to 'airbrush' genocide

BY SIMON BUTLER The opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games portrayed a shorthand version of Australian history that international visitors and news services would find easy to digest, even if a little bizarre. Aboriginal performers gave way

Refugees remanded for another month

BY BRONWEN BEECHEY ADELAIDE — Refugees on trial for their involvement in August protests at the Woomera Immigration Detention Centre have been remanded in custody for a further month, following a court hearing here on September 22. After being

Forum assesses September 15 indigenous people's rights protests

BY ZANNY BEGG SYDNEY — Fifty people gathered at the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre on September 20 to assess the movement for indigenous rights in the wake of the small and divided protests coinciding with the opening of the Olympics on September

CUBA: photographer wins damages

A Cuban photographer whose picture of Che Guevara became the world's most famous revolutionary image won substantial damages on September 14, after the portrait was used in a British advertisement for vodka. Alberto Diaz Gutierrez, 72, went to the